otterman.wordpress.com Archives - 23 February 2012, Thursday

“On the 70th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, four World War II survivors, now in their 70s and 80s, recall how the wartime experience wiped out their childhood innocence and honed their survival skills Mention Feb 15, 1942, and some young Singaporeans do not associate it with th...

“I WAS saddened to learn of the death on Feb 1 of Mr Jimmy Chew, 88, a World War II prisoner of war (POW) during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore. A group of Japanese high school students and I owe him a debt of gratitude for describing to us his personal ordeal (‘Remembering the ...

This year, the NUS Admissions Publicity Campaign has picked the theme, “The Change is Me”. I was asked to contribute by blogging once a week from now until May 2012 at the NUS facebook page . I was first asked in December 2011 and given a nudge two days ago to have my first post up be...

I don’t want one frequent individual to swamp others, so while I experiment with following interesting, amusing or educational users, I unfollow the high frequency twitterers else they will drown others out. I do likewise for my Facebook news feed and this way, both tools provide an e...

Tue 14 Feb 2012 – The National Heritage Board unveiled six new permanent plaques at the Cenotaph near the Padang in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the start of the World War II. These six add to the 14 existing plaques unveiled in 1995 as part of the 50th anniversary of the ...

At the “Images of Internment: The Eye and Art of William Haxworth” and “ Four Days in February: Adam Park the Last Battle” exhibitions launch at Level 10 of the National Library. Both exhibitions are held in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore. The National ...

Every year, I ask my coordinators in International Coastal Cleanup Singapore , “Are you in or are you out?” Most have been on the team for years, so I can’t assume their status has not changed every year. I also make it easy to drop out if the role is to challenging, so a Google Form ...

Kenneth, Kevin, Adrian and I started riding regularly in preparation for the NTU Bike Rally 2012 on Sunday 26th February 2012. We have managed regular rides so far and are gadgety cyclists – mapping and tweeting our rides and are Runkeeper street teammates. And yes, we have even been ...

Zendogs ride again – and are blogging too! http://t.co/YiEPhWOy Sent 36 minutes ago "About concussions and memory loss" - 2004 blog post after 'Ling the Merciless' took a hit on the head at Sentosa: http://t.co/brNbMH8q Sent 52 minutes ago @ibrahimiqbal I know there is for used cookin...

Post-dinner scratch http://t.co/BriSXntY Sent 40 minutes ago @avalon wow, you're so fast! @lekowala yup those kits are always on me, and hoping there is no use for it! http://t.co/CNzx7zcW Sent 57 minutes ago [Zendogs 2.0] First Aid supplies on my bike rides and a pinch of alertness! ...

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Cheng Puay, Kevin, Kenneth and I rode from Holland Village while the rest rode up from ECP Carpark B1. Alvin, who tool the photo, ran at Changi. It is Cheng Puay’s second ride >50km, Jocelyne’s first at 40km and Jaswant’s re-intro ride! I had to bail out at 50km to go for Lo Hei!

EAZA-IUCN SSC Southeast Asia campaign: large animals (> 1kg) in SEA at big risk due to illegal trade and habitat loss: http://t.co/unirEwt2 Sent 1 hour ago Some say empathy or a life major! RT @Socrative : What Should Students Be Studying Now To Prepare For 10 Years From Now? http://t...

Well, there is a lot more to search and we’ll leave that alone for now. Back to the original issue of sucky search engines on Singapore government webpages – on 16 March 2009, I went down to brief NParks about my perceived inadequacies of their post-revamp webpage as part of feedback ...

The event will be held on on Saturday 25 February 2012 from 8.30am to 12.00pm. Cyclists will ride along a 9 or 11km Park Connector to enjoy the beautiful green space and waterways. Deputy Prime Minister Mr Teo Chee Hean will be the Guest-of-Honour of the NParks event. There will also ...

@acroamatic I saw the word somewhere yesterday and realised it was the missing word. But the MSc students didn't recognize it. Sent 6 hours ago @acroamatic @brainopera @lekowala uh-oh, I got the sniffles, argh! Will rest Sat and hope it's a passing symptom. Sent 7 hours ago @acroamati...

Media companies need to get their act together and adopt a new economic strategies instead of trying to make us more tech-savvy. Think iTunes. When I finally stumbled onto the internet in the 80′s, there was no manual for the dummy IBM3270 terminals stuck in the NUS libraries. But put...

A man tried to smuggle 302 birds from Johor to Singapore. Three-quarters of the animals died. Every animal captured and put in a cage is a survivor of untold deaths. I learnt about this in the early 90′s when reading John Nichol’s excellent book, “The Animal Smugglers ” and it made me...

“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents”* 16 Jan Shortly after midnight last night, after confirming a 6.30am ride to Changi Village with Kenneth Pinto and Kevin Lim , flashes of light burst in through the kitchen window. The storm clouds had come. It was all was go...

This has raked up more than 30 millions hits on YouTube since it went up on 16 Nov 2011, obviously from India but also from Japan, amongst others. Described as “genre bending,” the song uses ancient south Indian folk rhythms, vocal styles and instruments. With everyone in the right mo...